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Women, Poverty, and AIDS: Sex, Drugs, and Structural Violence
“Moving beyond a simple biomedical model, this book compels us to view AIDS in women in a wholly new way, as an inescapable even in lives devalued by the forces of poverty, racism and sexism. This extraordinary multidisciplinary effort should serve as the guidebook for those who want to understand how AIDS has become a leading killer of young women in a mere decade.”—Deborah Cotton, M.D. This second edition of the groundbreaking Women, Poverty and AIDS reviews the massive epidemic sweeping Sub-Saharan Africa and many other parts of the Third World. As Dr. Joia Mukherjee reveals, the unfolding tragedy is a double drugs could be saving lives but are made unavailable while millions die.
473 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1996
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Paul Farmer
52 books634 followersPaul Farmer was an American medical anthropologist and physician. He was Professor of Medical Anthropology at Harvard Medical School and Founding Director of Partners In Health. Among his books are Infections and Inequalities: The Modern Plagues (1999), The Uses of Haiti (1994), and AIDS and Accusation: Haiti and the Geography of Blame (1992). Farmer was the recipient of numerous awards, including a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award and the Margaret Mead Award for his contributions to public anthropology.
Farmer was born in the U.S.A. in 1959. He married Didi Bertrand Farmer in 1996 and they had three children. He died in Rwanda in 2022, at the age of 62.
Farmer was born in the U.S.A. in 1959. He married Didi Bertrand Farmer in 1996 and they had three children. He died in Rwanda in 2022, at the age of 62.
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November 19, 2007So far I have just read some chunks of this book, but not the whole book. I have been impressed at how it aims to look for the gaps in our knowledge and research up until now about women and poverty in the context of AIDS. It's one of the first books or articles I've read that brings up (although briefly) the huge lack in consideration of lesbian and HIV/AIDS. It's written in an inspiring way.
July 29, 2014
Interesting comparative look at the impact of AIDS around the world.
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